Burnsville vs Gassaway

A side-by-side comparison of Burnsville and Gassaway: population, income, housing, and more.

Burnsville and Gassaway are places in West Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gassaway has the higher population (600 vs 493 in Burnsville). Burnsville has the higher median household income ($83,095 vs $40,156 in Gassaway). Burnsville has the higher median home value ($109,900 vs $101,700 in Gassaway).

Population, income & housing

	Burnsville	Gassaway
Population	493	600
Median age	36.8 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$83,095	$40,156
Median home value	$109,900	$101,700
Median gross rent	$760	$431
Housing units	294	403
Homeownership rate	73.9%	58.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	13.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burnsville	Gassaway
Population	542 → 493 (-9.0%)	977 → 600 (-38.6%)
Median household income	$44,375 → $83,095 (+87.3%)	$40,781 → $40,156 (-1.5%)
Median home value	$79,800 → $109,900 (+37.7%)	$80,600 → $101,700 (+26.2%)
Median gross rent	$615 → $760 (+23.6%)	$517 → $431 (-16.6%)

Burnsville

Population

542493

Median household income

$44,375$83,095

Median home value

$79,800$109,900

Median gross rent

$615$760

Gassaway

Population

977600

Median household income

$40,781$40,156

Median home value

$80,600$101,700

Median gross rent

$517$431

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burnsville	Gassaway
Under 5	0.2%	0.5%
5 to 17	27.0%	18.5%
18 to 24	2.4%	2.8%
25 to 34	19.3%	3.5%
35 to 44	8.5%	20.2%
45 to 54	9.1%	12.0%
55 to 64	9.3%	14.0%
65 to 74	16.6%	12.3%
75 and over	7.5%	16.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burnsville	Gassaway
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	81.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	16.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burnsville	Gassaway
No high school diploma	4.3%	14.9%
High school graduate	45.0%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burnsville	Gassaway
Drove alone	74.9%	91.0%
Carpooled	3.7%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	0.0%
Other means	15.3%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burnsville	Gassaway
1-unit, detached	82.0%	62.8%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	15.1%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	13.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Burnsville	Gassaway
Poverty rate	9.1%	13.6%
Average household size	2.26	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	32	20
Median year structure built	1940	1949